I'm working on editing sections 1 through 11 and sections 12 through 18 of "Memories"

I have sent at least this portion of my writings to the publisher who is having my book edited. I considered adding more of my writings to this but he convinced me that you don't want to share too much or too little and you likely don't want to confuse readers with too much information. So, I'm trying to be consistent here in a useful way when something is actually going to be published for the first time beyond the basically unedited writings that I have shared online so far.

Early on in the 2000s I spent hundreds of hours trying to edit Chapters 1 through 11 of "Memories" because this seemed like a good thing to do. However, I realized at that time that I am more of a storyteller than a writer simply because my true stories are like my children in many ways so when I try to edit them it feels often like I'm harming my children in some ways. However, eventually you have to walk your daughters down the aisle as they get married and stuff like that. So, getting married is sort of what happens when your books get published your children become a part of other people's dreams and imaginations and maybe a part of their personal spiritual paths to God and happiness in life.

One of the things I deal with a lot is realizing how different language is used than when I grew up in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In many ways I still speak and think a lot like I did in the 1960s and 1970s.

However, then I have a daughter who is now 27 and who went to the best private schools always here in my county in California who demands that I be more specific in how I speak and talk to her. But, this never works for me at all because when I grew up talking more generally was a mark of safety and you only shared with people that which was absolutely necessary, no more.

So, when she asks I be specific like a college student or professor I resist this because it just doesn't feel safe enough to me to talk that way still. Growing up, for example, I had to learn never to smile in school especially in Junior High School and High School because I didn't want to have to fight people physically or have extreme verbal arguments with people or have someone pull a knife on me or something like this.

Public Schools then were not safe and likely are not still safe to say much of anything to most people there here in the U.S.

So, learning to never smile and be the 6 foot 5 inch person I am kept me safe and alive and unharmed for the most part in life.

No matter how many times I share this with my youngest daughter she doesn't seem to get it because her life was never threatened that I know of ever because of being raised more wealthy than I was.

So, because of all of this I find people communicate much differently now than when I grew up and I worry sometimes that people will misconstrue what I'm writing about.

I'm less trying to entertain people and more trying to inform people who might not know how the Galaxy actually operates. This is what I'm trying to share with people the most.

By God's Grace